Professor Curtis Randall Reitz | |
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| Born | November 20, 1929 |
| Title | Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law |
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| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Law School |
Curtis Randall Reitz (born November 20, 1929) [1] is the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [2]
Biography
Reitz was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. [2] His father was a jeweler, and his mother was a teacher. [2] He attended Reading High School. [2]
He received his A.B. in History from the University of Pennsylvania in 1951 ( Phi Beta Kappa). He then spent two years in the armed forces during the Korean War. [2] Reitz then earned his LL.B. summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1956. [3] [4] [2] He served as the editor-in-chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review from 1955 to 1956. At Penn Law he was a student of A. Leo Levin, and a research assistant for Professor Louis B. Schwartz. [2] He then worked as a law clerk to United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren from 1956 to 1957. [4]
He is the Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [3] He has taught at the law school since 1957. [3] The Penn Law Class of 1968 created the Class of 1968 Scholarship Fund Honoring Curtis R. Reitz, which provides financial support to LL.M. students at the school. [5]
Reitz has represented Pennsylvania for 25 years in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and is chair of the Conference's Committee on International Legal Developments. [3] He also participated in the recent revision of the Uniform Commercial Code. His recent work has focused on international commercial law, including aspects of the World Trade Organization's operations.
Selected publications
- Cases and Materials on International Regulation of Trade and Investment (2006)
- Sales and Transactions: Domestic and International Law (3d ed. 2006)
- The Law of Sales and Secured Financing (with John Honnold, Steven L. Harris, and Charles W. Mooney Jr.) (7th ed. 2002)
- Cases, Problems and Materials on Sales Transactions: Domestic and International Law (with John Honnold) (1992)
- Construction Lenders' Liability to Contractors, Subcontractors, and Materialmen, in Construction Litigation (K. Cushman, Ed. 1981)
- Federal Habeas Corpus: Impact of an Abortive State Proceeding, 74 Harv. L. Rev. 1315 (1961)
See also
References
- ^ "Curtis Randall Reitz". University Archives and Records Center. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g Biddle Law Library: Biddle Law Library: • Penn Law
- ^ a b c d Penn Law Faculty: Curtis R. Reitz L'56, expert on Commercial Law, Contracts, Criminal Sentencing, International Trade, Professional Responsibility
- ^ a b "Curtis R. Reitz" (PDF).
- ^ "Class of 1968 Scholarship Fund Honoring Curtis R. Reitz | LLM GUIDE".
External links
- Curtis R. Reitz - Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor, Emeritus. University of Pennsylvania. Accessed 2011-03-11.
- CURTIS R. REITZ. University of Pennsylvania. Accessed 2011-03-11.
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